AlexH
Member
Hi Guys,
I hope you're all well!
I'm currently on the third day of a 3-day blackout on my tank.
I've been overwhelmed with a Spirogyra problem - the algae is everywhere!
I know advice on how to deal with this is quite limited and it seems to be the case that this is a very troublesome algae to clear because it basically operates like plants - so it uses lights and nutrients etc - I have, on a number of 'deep cleans', cleared as much as possible and it comes back.
I've decided to try a 3-day blackout and currently have the tank surrounded with black bags. I've had the CO2 off - at the end of each day I've performed a 50-60% water change, dosed the macro ferts and dosed 3x the Excel Flourish at the completion of each change.
I had a sneaky peak under the bags today to see what's happening - it appears that the blackout hasn't worked! I can still see the algae. It's extremely frustrating. When I do another water change tonight I'll probably try to remove as much as possible again.
I am in need of some advice on how I can tackle this issue as it's simply taking over the tank.
My lighting is 3x 39W Nature T5, 1x 39W Day Light T5. The period is 6 hours with CO2 coming on an hour and half prior and ending an hour before lights out. The tank is around 165 litres when you take into account the substrate etc.
The tank is heavily planted - I'm currently waiting on the Monte Carlo to establish itself.
I'm tempted to use something like Algaefix and remove the 3 Red Cherry Shrimps before using it - to just eradicate it in that way.
Any other advice would be welcomed - I'll try upload photos later once I've removed the many plastic bags surrounding the tanks.
Many thanks
Alex
I hope you're all well!
I'm currently on the third day of a 3-day blackout on my tank.
I've been overwhelmed with a Spirogyra problem - the algae is everywhere!
I know advice on how to deal with this is quite limited and it seems to be the case that this is a very troublesome algae to clear because it basically operates like plants - so it uses lights and nutrients etc - I have, on a number of 'deep cleans', cleared as much as possible and it comes back.
I've decided to try a 3-day blackout and currently have the tank surrounded with black bags. I've had the CO2 off - at the end of each day I've performed a 50-60% water change, dosed the macro ferts and dosed 3x the Excel Flourish at the completion of each change.
I had a sneaky peak under the bags today to see what's happening - it appears that the blackout hasn't worked! I can still see the algae. It's extremely frustrating. When I do another water change tonight I'll probably try to remove as much as possible again.
I am in need of some advice on how I can tackle this issue as it's simply taking over the tank.
My lighting is 3x 39W Nature T5, 1x 39W Day Light T5. The period is 6 hours with CO2 coming on an hour and half prior and ending an hour before lights out. The tank is around 165 litres when you take into account the substrate etc.
The tank is heavily planted - I'm currently waiting on the Monte Carlo to establish itself.
I'm tempted to use something like Algaefix and remove the 3 Red Cherry Shrimps before using it - to just eradicate it in that way.
Any other advice would be welcomed - I'll try upload photos later once I've removed the many plastic bags surrounding the tanks.
Many thanks
Alex